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Thomas Hallé:
is a Montreal-based part-time epicure, seriously occasional photographer, freelance inferno artist and international man of procrastination.

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laurenscottfraser: The other day I overheard someone at work moaning about how Hong Kong is overrated. “It’s so cramped and there’s no space to do anything”. When I hear ‘Hong Kong and cramped’, I get in to a mini rage. Hong Kong expands beyond the big city. There’s islands and mountains and so much to do! And just because most people live in apartments doesn’t mean that they’re all fighting for space.  Hong Kong is one of the best places I’ve ever lived, and probably my favourite place in the world, so I’m quick to defend it. Especially do Dubai-loving people.  Someone asked me whether I liked Dubai, and I frankly told them no. They gave me a shocked and puzzled look, but I figure there’s  more to life than the tallest buildings, biggest brunches and malls the size of small countries. Granted I enjoy being here, but it’s a superficial bubble of a life and there isn’t actually that much to do. I also hate how things are censored here (namely sex and homosexuality), and the fact that if I want to go on megavideo, I can’t.  Hong Kong’s both an exciting city and an idyllic paradise. Dubai’s just an OTT emirate with delusions of grandeur.  Amen to that, Dubai is like being trapped in a theme park based on over-the-top consumerism. Hong Kong rules! And if you’re that interested in consumerism, there’s plenty of LV shit to keep you entertained.

laurenscottfraser:

The other day I overheard someone at work moaning about how Hong Kong is overrated.

“It’s so cramped and there’s no space to do anything”.

When I hear ‘Hong Kong and cramped’, I get in to a mini rage. Hong Kong expands beyond the big city. There’s islands and mountains and so much to do! And just because most people live in apartments doesn’t mean that they’re all fighting for space. 

Hong Kong is one of the best places I’ve ever lived, and probably my favourite place in the world, so I’m quick to defend it. Especially do Dubai-loving people. 

Someone asked me whether I liked Dubai, and I frankly told them no. They gave me a shocked and puzzled look, but I figure there’s  more to life than the tallest buildings, biggest brunches and malls the size of small countries. Granted I enjoy being here, but it’s a superficial bubble of a life and there isn’t actually that much to do. I also hate how things are censored here (namely sex and homosexuality), and the fact that if I want to go on megavideo, I can’t. 

Hong Kong’s both an exciting city and an idyllic paradise. Dubai’s just an OTT emirate with delusions of grandeur. 

Amen to that, Dubai is like being trapped in a theme park based on over-the-top consumerism. Hong Kong rules! And if you’re that interested in consumerism, there’s plenty of LV shit to keep you entertained.

Reblogged from Lauren Scott-Fraser.
Tags: Hong KongDubai

January 19, 2012, 11:30am

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This is Dubai. on Flickr.

This is Dubai. on Flickr.



Tags: HolgaFilmDubaiUnitedArabEmiratesدبيّ‎photographymy work

January 17, 2012, 11:03pm

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Down some Deira alley on Flickr.Via Flickr: It was extremely quiet and almost deserted since most shops are closed in the afternoon. I sat down at some dodgy-looking Indian cafe with a 50 fils chai in my hand when three men past by me down the alley and I’m assuming into the mosque around the corner. Too bad I didn’t get the old man in front with the funky white beard, he had turned the corner by the time I got my hand free to grab my camera. I have to admit that for now, I’ll probably stick to a rather biased view of the place. Sure that Burj Al Arab (that Sail 7-stars hotel thingy) is great and a ski slope in the middle of the desert is no small feat, but I don’t see the point of posting such things here. So I’ll stick to the Arabian street clichés instead. Just don’t trust my pictures as a truthful representation of the place. :)

Down some Deira alley on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
It was extremely quiet and almost deserted since most shops are closed in the afternoon. I sat down at some dodgy-looking Indian cafe with a 50 fils chai in my hand when three men past by me down the alley and I’m assuming into the mosque around the corner. Too bad I didn’t get the old man in front with the funky white beard, he had turned the corner by the time I got my hand free to grab my camera.

I have to admit that for now, I’ll probably stick to a rather biased view of the place. Sure that Burj Al Arab (that Sail 7-stars hotel thingy) is great and a ski slope in the middle of the desert is no small feat, but I don’t see the point of posting such things here. So I’ll stick to the Arabian street clichés instead. Just don’t trust my pictures as a truthful representation of the place. :)



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December 07, 2011, 3:33am